Data Centre Magazine February 2023 | Page 27

LAYER 9 DATA CENTRES

2019 Year founded

17 + Number of employees

25 % The amount of people using data in South America is growing at a compound rate of almost 25 % per year

“ But what we found in Mexico and Latin America is that there are a lot more challenges , because some of these cities aren ' t as developed infrastructure-wise , or have challenges in distributing power or connectivity ,” Ryan explained .
“ Hyperscale was practically nonexistent within Latin America just five years ago ,” Alejandro Cantu Sepulveda , the Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder of Layer 9 , added , explaining the status of the market when Layer 9 first established itself in the region .
“ Working the Latin America market , and being of Mexican descent , gave me a streetdatacentremagazine . com 27